The Wiz
By: Universal ; a Motown production ; screenplay Joel Schumacher ; produced by Rob Cohen ; directed by Sidney Lumet
Contributors: Jackson, Michael, 1958-2009; Russell, Nipsey, 1924-2005; Ross, Ted (Theodore); King, Mabel; Merritt, Theresa; Carpenter, Thelma; Horne, Lena; Pryor, Richard, 1940-2005; Smalls, Charlie; Jones, Quincy, 1933-; Brown, William F.; Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919; Universal Pictures (Firm); Motown Record Corporation
Edition: Widescreen format.
Publisher: Universal Studios Home Video
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Universal City, CA
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 135
Subjects: Oz (Imaginary place); Drama; Friendship; Good and evil
Work titles: Wiz (Motion picture)
Description: A kindergarten teacher living in Harlem is lost in a blizzard, awakens in the wonderland of Oz, and must find her way home.
Notes: From The wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum.

Based on the play The Wiz, book by William F. Brown, music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1978.

Includes production featurette, production notes, cast & filmmakers' bios, and original theatrical trailer.

Director of photography, Oswald Morris ; film editor, Dede Allen ; original musical score by Charlie Smalls ; music arranged and supervised by Quincy Jones ; choreography by Louis Johnson.

Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross, Mabel King, Theresa Merritt, Thelma Carpenter, Lena Horne, Richard Pryor.

MPAA rating: G.

DVD player required; Dolby digital 4.0 surround; region 1.

Soundtrack in English; subtitles in English or French